Angie Wei appointed to the California
Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation

SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers'
Compensation (CHSWC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Angie Wei to the
Commission by Senator Don Perata, Chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, to represent
organized labor.

Ms. Wei is the Legislative Director of the California Labor Federation, the state
AFL-CIO federation. The state federation represents 1,200 affiliated unions and over
two million workers covered by collective bargaining agreements. Previously, Ms. Wei
was a Program Associate for PolicyLine of Oakland, California, and advocated for the
California Immigrant Welfare Collaborative, a coalition of four immigrant rights
organizations that came together to respond to cuts in public benefits for immigrants
as a result of the 1996 federal welfare reform law. Ms. Wei holds a Bachelor's degree
in Political Science and Asian American Studies from the University of California,
Berkeley, and a Master's of Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at
Harvard University.

CHSWC, created by the workers' compensation reform legislation of 1993, is charged
with overseeing the health and safety and workers' compensation systems in California
and recommending administrative or legislative modifications to improve their operation.

The Commission was established to conduct a continuing examination of the
workers' compensation system and of the state's activities to prevent industrial
injuries and occupational diseases and to examine those programs in other states.

Information about CHSWC may be accessed on the Internet at CHSWC's home page
at www.dir.ca.gov/chswc.
Information may also be obtained by writing to CHSWC at 1515 Clay Street,
Suite 901, Oakland, California, 94612, by calling (510) 622-3959, or by faxing
a request to (510) 622-3265.